This has been in the running for awhile now and I wanted to talk about it, to give context this is Yamato:
- Refers to themself as a man/self identifies as a man
- uses male pronouns and words associated with men/boys like Boku
- referred to by Luffy the MAIN CHARACTER as a man & uses male pronouns
- His own bastard of a father Kaido call Yamato his son numerous times
Now this is already bad enough to misgender someone especially when all the other characters around Yamato refer to him as male its like they just see breasts and think woman as if transitioning is the only way to be considered a man.
mod edit: removed screenshots of other sites due to off-site drama rules. this topic is important, just keep it more general
Just even scrolling through any topic referring to Yamato is more then enough to see the site is a dumbster fire and that those who post there are clearly transphobic, to say otherwise would be feigning ignorance if they try to argue they are not transphobic.
Now One Piece has defiantly had its history and own troubles with trans and LGBT+ characters, most-notably the Okamas:
Okama it self being a slur/slang for homosexuality and such, Sanji own dealings with them outside of characters like Bon Clay and Ivankov, some being just treated as jokes etc that contrast with for the most part they are portrayed as being some of the most honest and heroic characters in the series with Bon Clay, being a major force fighting against the tyranical World Government with the Revs, Ivankov being one of the strongest fighters and a general miracle worker helping others.
Of all the big shonens from Naruto, Bleach, FMA, or even Dragon Ball its one of the few series that has characters like this for all the goods and bad it brings.
Which again brings me back to Wano as I said earlier Wano introduced us to two trans characters now getting back to Yamato:
As I stated before everyone refers to Yamato as he, not only that Yamato has proven himself to be strong fighting & beating characters that are high ranking members of Yonko crews such as the Flying Six and is even more impressive in the leaked chapter not withstanding but Yamato is one of the potential final members of the Strawhat crew
The biggest issue potentially for Yamato is that his gender identity is tied to Oden so the worry is that one day Yamato would abandon that but I would say as time has gone on and even with the recent leaked chapter my worry of that has lowered.
The other character is Kiku:
Kiku was the first character relating to this thread we meet, when we first saw Kiku she was just a demur Tea Hostess, but as we spent time with her we knew there was more as that was all just a cover so she could blend into Wano as she is wanted and hide her skills as one of the strongest fighters in all of Wano who has even cut down the traitor of Wano Kanjuro
Though here with these two there is a unique situation, the a good amount of One Piece fans have acknowledge Kikus gender yet ignore all of Yamatos words, Luffy words and Kaidos words about how Yamato identifies male yet a good amount of the fanbase ignores this and continues to call Yamato female.
While Oda has improved his potrayel of LGBT characters but we should still be watchful and critique him as maybe its the only way Oda will ever give us great representation.
With all this I turn it over to you, what are your guys thoughts on Yamato & Kiku?
What are your thoughts on Odas potrayel of LGBT characters?
How can Oda improve in this area?
- Refers to themself as a man/self identifies as a man
- uses male pronouns and words associated with men/boys like Boku
- referred to by Luffy the MAIN CHARACTER as a man & uses male pronouns
- His own bastard of a father Kaido call Yamato his son numerous times
Now this is already bad enough to misgender someone especially when all the other characters around Yamato refer to him as male its like they just see breasts and think woman as if transitioning is the only way to be considered a man.
mod edit: removed screenshots of other sites due to off-site drama rules. this topic is important, just keep it more general
Just even scrolling through any topic referring to Yamato is more then enough to see the site is a dumbster fire and that those who post there are clearly transphobic, to say otherwise would be feigning ignorance if they try to argue they are not transphobic.
Now One Piece has defiantly had its history and own troubles with trans and LGBT+ characters, most-notably the Okamas:
Okama it self being a slur/slang for homosexuality and such, Sanji own dealings with them outside of characters like Bon Clay and Ivankov, some being just treated as jokes etc that contrast with for the most part they are portrayed as being some of the most honest and heroic characters in the series with Bon Clay, being a major force fighting against the tyranical World Government with the Revs, Ivankov being one of the strongest fighters and a general miracle worker helping others.
Of all the big shonens from Naruto, Bleach, FMA, or even Dragon Ball its one of the few series that has characters like this for all the goods and bad it brings.
Which again brings me back to Wano as I said earlier Wano introduced us to two trans characters now getting back to Yamato:
As I stated before everyone refers to Yamato as he, not only that Yamato has proven himself to be strong fighting & beating characters that are high ranking members of Yonko crews such as the Flying Six and is even more impressive in the leaked chapter not withstanding but Yamato is one of the potential final members of the Strawhat crew
The biggest issue potentially for Yamato is that his gender identity is tied to Oden so the worry is that one day Yamato would abandon that but I would say as time has gone on and even with the recent leaked chapter my worry of that has lowered.
The other character is Kiku:
Kiku was the first character relating to this thread we meet, when we first saw Kiku she was just a demur Tea Hostess, but as we spent time with her we knew there was more as that was all just a cover so she could blend into Wano as she is wanted and hide her skills as one of the strongest fighters in all of Wano who has even cut down the traitor of Wano Kanjuro
Though here with these two there is a unique situation, the a good amount of One Piece fans have acknowledge Kikus gender yet ignore all of Yamatos words, Luffy words and Kaidos words about how Yamato identifies male yet a good amount of the fanbase ignores this and continues to call Yamato female.
While Oda has improved his potrayel of LGBT characters but we should still be watchful and critique him as maybe its the only way Oda will ever give us great representation.
With all this I turn it over to you, what are your guys thoughts on Yamato & Kiku?
What are your thoughts on Odas potrayel of LGBT characters?
How can Oda improve in this area?
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